Poland's stodgy banks came late to the wild foreign-currency lending that proved so disastrous in such countries as Latvia and Hungary.

波兰的效率低下的银行在民间外币借贷方面起步较晚，这在拉脱维亚和匈牙利被证明是灾难性的。

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Foreign-currency borrowing, 95% of it in Swiss francs, accounts for over two-thirds of total lending.

匈牙利的外币借入有95%是以瑞士法郎存在，占总借出量的三分之二以上。

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While CDB's primary mandate is to support China's domestic development, with foreign currency-denominated lending accounting for only 21% of outstanding loans at the end of 2011, it is also tasked with supporting the development of China's interests overseas.

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The flood of foreign-currency borrowing destabilised their economies and left them vulnerable when Western banks reduced lending.

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Foreign-currency borrowing, 95% of it in Swiss francs, accounts for over two-thirds of total lending.

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